A | B |
Karl Marx | Wrote Communist Manifesto |
Enclosure Movement | Large farm owners fenced in their land forcing small farmers to move into cities becomming the first factory owners |
Coal | Ran the steam engines in the factories |
James Watt | Perfected the steam engine |
Adam Smith | Wrote Wealth of Nations |
Cholera | #1 disease in early Industrial Cities |
Turnpike | Privately owned road |
Socialism | business owned public/by the people rather than private |
Proletariat | working class according to Marx |
Textiles | 1st industry |
Middle Class | This group of population grew rapidly as a result of the Industrial Revolution |
Bessemer | invented process to make steel |
Cotton Gin | This invention prolonged slavery |
Urbanization | The movement of people from rural areas into the cities |
Woman and Children | Two main workers in the factories |
Cottage Industry | Before people worked in the factories and worked in their homes it was known as this- |
James Hargraeves | Invented the Spinning Jenny |
Eli Whitney | Invented the Cotton Gin |
Labor Union | Crated as means to protect the rights of workers |
Laissez- Faire | Economic term to mean that the government needs to let business run themselves |